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What is visual art? What would be like for a
story to evolve in time and space? A story that invites the "viewer"
to participate creatively by experiencing all parts, discover, question and
shape the final end. What would happen, if there was not one end to a story? Is there democracy in art? Are today's' visual creators able to express themselves
freely? What are the social, political, religious and cultural stereotypes a
visual artist faces today? How does modern society deal with the unexplained? How
is superstition presented through different cultures and beliefs? What do we
fear?

WHISTLE project invites us, to experience
visual art, through a multisensory installation. A world inhabited by
ideals, dark stories, art and creation. A utopia!

The General Idea

The idea behind this endeavor was born out of
the need to unite all visual arts under the same roof, fuse them together into
a single narrative and at the same time let all participant members create,
without any conventional rules or restrictions (learn more about ithere). After creating an online open
invitation, awarded filmmaker Thanasis Protatos, managed to put together an
international group of visual artists, willing to make the idea of Whistle
Project a reality.

The result, a fictional story (learn more about it here) created by
the minds of more than 50 visual artists, from 24 countries around the world,
presented through more than a hundred pieces of artwork, that includes cinema,
painting, photography, sculpture, live performance, illustration, video art,
documentary, graphic design, and animation!

And that's because we do not think of visual art as an experience that when viewed fades away, but as an excuse, a triggering event, a reason to produce an artistic conversation and a literal dialoguewith everyone interested.

Fear and Superstition. Superstitions existed since ancient times in every culture around the planet. The need of creating a story, an explanation, for things human mind cannot explain with reason is still present today, despite technological evolution.

Collective consciousness and Synergy in visual art. International artists working on a common idea, freely with no expressive restrictions or conventional rules. A project with a trans-cultural identity.

The power of collective storytelling. One story, many perspectives affected by different mediums and cultural backgrounds. The same way superstitions were passed on through the ages, a fluid narrative of the unknown!

Interactiveness / Dialogue. The public is asked to participate, question, learn about visual artistry and shape the final ending. Participant artists, create an "open sourse" platform on visual storytelling.